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PHASE SEDIMENTATION PASSIVE [1 record]

Record 1 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

In theory, however, at deep sites the material may eventually enter a phase of passive sedimentation where cloud velocity is essentially a function of the intrinsic fall velocity of the individual particles of which the material is composed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

II faut noter que, en théorie, si la profondeur le permettait, les matériaux pourraient éventuellement entrer dans une phase de sédimentation passive où la vitesse du nuage serait essentiellement fonction de la vitesse de chute intrinsèque des différentes particules qui les composent.

Spanish

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